Author Archives: Matthew Heckard

Last Thursday, on April 21st we presented our EACAP project. We discussed the topic of bee population decline along with how people can help out bees and other pollinators on their own. Throughout this project we realized that it is not hard to make an impact on helping bees and other pollinators. Some of the things you can do to help out is provide a bee box, a source of water for the bees to access, and plant native plants that they are accustomed with from the area. I didn’t realize that you need to provide bees with water, but it is an important, simple thing to do that really helps bees a lot.  It is also important to limit pesticide use because they can be harmful to the bees. We created brochures for our project that provided some key information to look at and learn about what Penn State Berks is doing and what you can do too. In conclusion, this was a very informative project that helped teach us and others the importance of helping out pollinators and providing environmental awareness for the community. Here is our EACAP Presentation PowerPoint.

For our group EACAP project we have been working to create a pamphlet which focuses on the importance of pollinator gardens for John Rost and the Penn State Berks Horticulture Center. We have been meeting on Friday’s in the study rooms in the library to work on the pamphlet. Our pamphlet will include information such as what types of plants are on campus, what Penn State Berks is doing to help pollinators, and what everyone can do to help out the pollinators on their own. It is critical that we teach people the importance of pollinators and that we continue to encourage helping out bees and other pollinators by giving them a garden that is pollinator friendly!